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CSotD: Dissension
Bruce MacKinnon might have posed extra questions than he meant with this cartoon, which appropriately shames the Catholic Church for its position within the ghastly scandal of the residential colleges.
It additionally brings up the truth that Canada’s cascading revelations appear to have begun with Newfoundland’s Mount Cashel Orphanage, whose sample of sexual and bodily abuse had nothing to do with the native neighborhood however was ignored and tolerated by the Christian Brothers who ran the place.
AFAIK, the following blow got here with related revelations within the church-run services in Quebec, by which younger women — the Duplessis Orphans — had been each abused and basically positioned in slavery, typically after being misdiagnosed as developmentally disabled.
That second scandal might have coincided with the beginning of the outcry from First Nations individuals in regards to the abuse, and even deaths, of native youngsters within the residential colleges, lots of which had been below church rule. Definitely, the latter two got here at roughly the identical time.
And the unifying issue among the many three is that cries of “We didn’t know” from the hierarchy are utter nonsense.
The laity might have thought it was just some particular person clerics scattered right here and there, however there’s no attainable manner the upper ups might haven’t recognized: There have been too many stories, too many complaints, too many victims at too many services over too lengthy a time.
They knew. They did nothing.
In the meantime, MacKinnon’s use of a dreamcatcher brings up the factor of cultural appropriation, which ties the scandal of residential colleges into the general subject of disrespect for native individuals.
Dreamcatchers themselves are borderline, as a result of they’re not spiritual gadgets however merely a form of people object that started within the Ojibwe neighborhood and unfold all through First Nations and thence into the broader world.
Nonetheless, as this extensive breakdown on the topic explains, any cultural merchandise deserves to be handled with respect, if not absolute reverence.
Which brings us to Marc Murphy‘s touch upon the “Chop” with which Atlanta Braves followers rejoice their staff.
I’m not a baseball fan and hadn’t been watching the World Collection, however I had thought a bit about “the Chop.”
It occurred to me that, whereas the Cleveland Indians in baseball and Washington Redskins in soccer and any quantity of highschool groups have deserted their native mascots, it could be tougher to cease the followers from indulging in an motion that has turn into conventional for them.
Till I heard the subject mentioned on the radio and discovered that the stadium soundtrack is cueing the Chop.
That’s, the Atlanta Braves group is formally encouraging followers to make this racist, degrading gesture by taking part in the soundtrack related to it.
This article is a bit Braves-friendly in developing with causes the membership can’t halt the follow, however has some helpful info, together with the gobsmacking indisputable fact that Main League Baseball’s commissioner says Native Individuals prefer it.
By which I assume he doesn’t imply enrolled tribal members however, slightly, these proud Native Individuals whose great-grandfather was reportedly one-sixteenth something-or-other.
As Murphy says, it’s previous time.
And so long as I’m in a pissy temper, right here’s a
Juxtaposition of the Day
These cartoons increase the essential query of WGASA, which is not a native African word for “railway.”
Granted, Joe Biden is the oldest president ever, however WGASA?
He broke the document held by Donald Trump, who is just 4 years his junior however whose loyalists have unfold the notion that Biden is senile, to which one may reply “Particular person, lady, man, digital camera, TV, covefefe, hamberder.”
Neither of those cartoons declare Biden (or the Pope) senile, however to convey it up is to make an announcement.
Barack Obama was our first African-American president, and there’s nothing incorrect with pointing that out, both as a degree of delight or with dismay that it took us so lengthy.
However think about a cartoon by which Obama was visiting Nelson Mandela and saying to him, “Hey! We’re each Black, however you’re darker than I’m!”
In the event you wouldn’t draw that, don’t draw this.
Mike Lester (AMS) raises a extra difficult situation, which is easy methods to tax individuals whose wealth will not be in salaries or income however in “holdings.”
Initially, I’d recommend that when an organization provides a inventory choice at a reduced value, that low cost needs to be thought-about earnings, because it represents a right away revenue.
However when an entrepreneur owns 52% of the corporate’s inventory from the beginning, it’s problematic to think about an increase in worth to be “earnings.”
OTOH, it’s absolutely one thing.
If nothing else, it’s how he can checklist himself as one of many world’s wealthiest individuals, which generates credit score.
I additionally know that, in household legislation, if he’s paid solely $40,000 a yr however will get a brand new automobile and a luxurious condo as a part of the deal, these advantages are counted as “purported earnings” when issues like youngster assist and alimony are being calculated.
Equally, I’d name it “purported earnings” if he goes flying into near-space, simply the identical as if the corporate awarded him a ski journey to Mount Blanc.
I see no motive such issues shouldn’t be counted as earnings on April 15, and maybe they’re, which brings up a humorous reminiscence:
On the paper the place I used to be a enterprise reporter, our writer’s husband was the one tax lawyer on the town. We had an off-the-cuff rule that, once we had some generic accountancy query, we’d go to anyone however Roger, however that, if it actually was a query about tax legislation, we’d ask Roger.
This complete factor can be a query for Roger, and doubtless not a 10-minute cellphone name. We’d most likely have to purchase him lunch.
However we might write it off.
In Honor of the Day
Francis Dahl was a legendary Boston cartoonist who upheld regional delight in some ways, equivalent to declaring Manhattan clam chowder to be “vegetable soup with a clam dragged by way of it.”
One in every of his oft-repeated favorites was to sprint down the rumor that witches had been burned on the stake in New England, his clarification making the time period “chilly consolation” significantly apt.
We remorse the errors.
And we thank god it’s throughout, eh?
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